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Originally Posted by smithandrew051
There’s no good justification for taking the ball first.
I almost wonder if Shanahan didn’t know or remember, and then made up that analytic shit to justify it.
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Not sure I agree.
I can see the logic behind it. The rules are that both teams have the opportunity to possess the ball 1 time. After that if the score is still tied then it's back to sudden death. The Chiefs defense was gassed. So you take the ball first and go score. Then the Chiefs score. Now you have the ball to go win it with a FG. The problem is, if you take the ball first you need to treat it like TD or bust and they kicked a FG like the 5.